Jimothy the bold jumping spider.

[Jumpingspoods2010]

this is my bold jumping spider he is wild cuaght and I’ve had him for around a week now he is almost half a inch long. I have offered all sorts of food but he won’t eat them honestly he’s scared of what I’ve been offering. So what should I feed him?

 

[CRX]

Pics of the enclosure would help and what have you been offering? We aren't psychic.

 

[Jumpingspoods2010]

Pics of the enclosure would help and what have you been offering? We aren't psychic.

Can’t take a pic right now but I’ve been offering small meal worms and very small crickets

 

[The Snark]

Jumpers of any size or age will always hunt fruit flies.

 

[Brewser]

Recently Wild Caught is probably on a "Hunger Strike".
Priority # 1 - Find a way to Escape.

 

[Jumpingspoods2010]

So cute.

 

[Brewser]

Adorable, what a unique name.
Nice picture, those eyes are mesmerizing.
Thanks for sharing, and Welcome to the Neighborhood.
Best Regards tu U Both

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Welcome to ab !!! Nice jumper with a great name ! Perfect eyes .

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Pics of the enclosure would help and what have you been offering? We aren't psychic.

....you do think THAT'S a spider though, right?

 

[katamari]

Jumpers of any size or age will always hunt fruit flies.

Thank you for this lil tidbit!

I was skeptical but I'm currently out of crickets, so last night I decided to put some fruit flies in one of my larger (I8) Regal's enclosure and see if he showed interest.

Sitting here at my desk today I saw him take a flying leap at something and sure enough he had a dinky fruit fly in his mouth!

 

[The Snark]

Sitting here at my desk today I saw him take a flying leap at something and sure enough he had a dinky fruit fly in his mouth!

24 years sharing occupancy with a thriving population of jumpers and geckos. I see jumpers leap at something too small to see virtually every day. I've seen them catch larger prey maybe 3 or 4 times. Meal worms and crickets et al don't climb walls which are jumpers preferred hunting ground where they can see enemies coming.
And in most locales, fruit flies aren't just free, they are inevitable on any piece of fruit that starts to age.

When I see a spider take up residence in a location that is barren of any insect, like our bathrooms, I lust put a few pieces of rotting fruit in a dish. Even the huge sparassids thrive on those free convenient meals.

I also made a little discovery. We occasionally get drain flies which are a major treat for jumpers. And a PITA for many home owners. But my wife and her sisters are walking talking hair balls that plug up drains like clockwork. But a tablespoon of sodium hydroxide clears the drains instantly. And the drain flies are gone for several months.
Caution: do not use sodium hydroxide if you have metal drain pipes. Or only let the NaOH stand for less than a minute then flush with water. It may take several doses to clear hair plugs,

 

[TheraMygale]

I still would offer them crickets more often then fruitflies. Which i am sure you doing. Flies are okay but extra sustenance is good.

 

[katamari]

I'm just glad I can use them for variety! It looks like he's eaten all 4 of the fruit flies that were in there, but I don't see any of their little fly carcasses like with my slings. Do they eat them whole when they're larger spoods? Sorry if I inadvertently hiijacked the thread.

 

[TheraMygale]

I'm just glad I can use them for variety! It looks like he's eaten all 4 of the fruit flies that were in there, but I don't see any of their little fly carcasses like with my slings. Do they eat them whole when they're larger spoods? Sorry if I inadvertently hiijacked the thread.

fruit flies wont leave much bolus material. They are small and negligent.

the larger the spider, the smaller the prey: void.

don’t apologize. Apologizing means offending or doing something wrong. In this case i doubt you offended anyone, and you are on topic.

on a side note, way off topic, offense comes with acceptating you offended. What is offensive to some, doesn’t equal absolute offensiveness. Although, some subjects, we can all agree on, are the limit of good taste.

 

[The Snark]

Do they eat them whole when they're larger spoods?

Spider anatomy. Once prey is immobilized and held to the mouth parts of the spider, it vomits digestive fluids into and around the wound. The corrosive fluid is capable of dissolving small amount of chitin. So yes, they pretty much eat the entire victim.
@katamari Spider mouth parts and the digestive fluids are the equivalent of the human mouth that chews the food and secretes digestive enzymes from glands to initiate digestion. Since spiders can't chew, the digestive fluids do the job instead.